Fertilizer and Related Products
Decreases various license and tonnage fees and surcharges to be consistent with recent statutory changes.
Incorporates by reference the most recent edition of the current rule standard concerning fertilizers.Commercial Feed
Updates the technical standards in the current rule to the most recent versions. Several notes have been modified to add more information about obtaining electronic copies of those publications.
Farmland Preservation
Makes a small change to add language into the zoning section to match language used in the planning section.
Soil and Water Resource Management Program
Updates several sections to reference the current versions of technical standards.
Food Warehouse and Bulk Milk Distributors
Corrects an outdated fee structure relating to the re-inspection of small warehouses which hold non-potentially hazardous foods versus those that hold potentially hazardous foods.
Fair Packaging and Labeling; Selling Commodities by Weight, Measure or Count; Weights and Measures; Petroleum and Other Liquid Fuel Products
Corrects small grammatical errors and updates the technical references to cite the current NIST Handbook and ATSM fuel standards.
Sales Below Cost
Corrects a grammatical error.
Electronic Communications Services
Aligns the rule with recent legislature changes.
Direct Marketing
Deletes a note no longer necessary in that section.
Agricultural Development and Market Promotion
Amends the “Buy Local” section to reflect a statute change that directs the matching requirement to be an amount at least equal to the grant amount.
Standards Incorporated by Reference
Pursuant to s. 227.21, Stats., DATCP has received permission from the Department of Justice to incorporate the updated technical standards incorporated by reference in this rule. Copies of the updated standards will be kept on file with DATCP and the Legislative Reference Bureau. Summary of, and Comparison with, Existing or Proposed Federal Statutes and
Regulations
The technical rule changes proposed in this rule will not create any disparities between Wisconsin rules and federal statutes and regulations.
Comparison with Rules in Adjacent States
The technical rule changes proposed in this rule will not create any disparities between Wisconsin and the adjacent states.
Summary of Factual Data and Analytical Methodologies
This rule does not depend on any complex analysis of data. This rule merely makes minor technical changes to current rules.
Analysis and Supporting Documents Used to Determine Effect on Small Business
Because this rule makes minor technical changes, no significant analysis or documentation was required to determine that the proposed rule will have no impact on small businesses.
Effect on Business Impact
This rule will not have any impact on small businesses or other business. This rule makes minor technical changes that will not have any impact on business standards, costs or operations.
Environmental Impact
This “housekeeping” rule will have no significant impact on the environment.
Agency Contact
Kelly Monaghan
Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection
2811 Agriculture Drive
Madison, WI 53718
Telephone: (608) 224-5023
Section 1 ATCP 21.21 (1) (c) 2. is amended to read:
ATCP 21.21 (1) (c) 2. Any state or country, or any delineated area within a state or nation country, which the U. S. department of agriculture responsible state agency has declared to be infested with thousand cankers disease.
Section 2 ATCP 29.11 (3) (a), (b) and (c) are amended to read:
ATCP 29.11 (3) (a) If the applicant sold less than $25,000 of the product during the preceding year for use in this state, $3.50 $2.80.
(b) If the applicant sold at least $25,000 but less than $75,000 of the product during the preceding year for use in this state, $120 $96.00.
(c) If the applicant sold at least $75,000 of the product during the preceding year for use in this state, an amount equal to 0.75% 0.60% of gross revenues from product sales during the preceding year for use in this state.
Section 3 ATCP 29.15 (4) (b) is amended to read:
ATCP 29.15 (4) (b) An agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $28 $22.40.
Section 4 ATCP 29.20 (6) (b) is amended to read:
ATCP 29.20 (6) (b) Beginning with the license year that begins on January 1, 2008 2015, an agricultural chemical cleanup surcharge of $38 $30.40.
Section 5 ATCP 29.25 (5) (a) 1. and 2. are amended to read:
